Tag: Azure

Should Data Domains Be More Than a Simple Structure? Spoiler alert... Yes... Based on my experience. Read all blog posts in the Data Mesh vs Azure series via this link. Context Defining an organisation hierarchy is always hard, even more so for large enterprises with massive amounts of interlock between business functions. In the context … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 13 – How To Organise Data Domains In Practice →

Creating a Data Mesh - First Steps and Delivery Roadmap Read all blog posts in the Data Mesh vs Azure series via this link. Background A common question I get asked a lot when creating a data mesh architecture is where to start? The consultant in me defaults the answer to 'it depends', of course … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 12 – Where to Start? →

Kasper On BI Podcast Interview Context A few weeks ago I had with pleasure of speaking with Microsoft's Kasper de Jonge (@Kjonge) as part of an interview for his own podcast 'Kasper on BI'. We started out with the following talking points, but generally let the conversation flow given our collective experience in the industry. … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 11 – Let’s Recap →

Defining What Isn't a Data Product - Data Pretenders rather than data products Background In part 8 of this blog series I explored the definition of a data mesh data product. Following several comments and feedback it now seems like a good idea to also address what is not a data product. As the saying … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 10 – What is NOT a Data Product? →

Data Mesh Radio Interview Context Last month I joined Scott Hirleman (@DataProductScot) on the Data Mesh Radio Podcast. With no expectations we agreed on the below talking points and kicked off the recording. Scott is a great host and the conversation flowed very easily. My journey of learning about data mesh so far.Greenfield versus brownfield … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 9 – A Minimum Viable Mesh →

Defining a Data Product Use the tag Data Mesh vs Azure to follow this blog series. I was recently asked by Data Mesh Radio host Scott Hirleman and several of my customers to define a data product. After much thinking. Below is my current answer. In the context of an idealistic data mesh architecture, establishing … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Part 8 – What is a Data Product? →

DATA MESH VS AZURE –THEORY VS PRACTICE (What, Why, How) Hey friends a slightly different post today. A recent LinkedIn post and community talk on this topic has sparked a bit of social media attention that I'd like to get to the bottom of. To address things directly, as you know I like to do. … Continue reading Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – Dear David and Zhamak →